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Wow ! Love the bean show. Now WB-PKT 45.1 has a name and how perfect of a name is that, Onyx !! The beans are just beautiful. So nice...

Wren's Egg was the first dry bush bean to mature. Larger than the average dry bean and a decent harvest considering I lost two of the...

I had three reasons for choosing Schwarze Witwe. One was the German origin, another was the translation of the name (black widow) and...

Pinktip was a bit of a mystery as the seed return envelope was labeled Pinktip Greasy and that's how I labeled it. Pods and seed were...

Lazy Wife Greasy produced the largest Appalachian snap beans I've encountered to date. Beautiful full pods. First harvest...

Dean Family Greasy Cutshort was another that produced well. First harvest of these was mid-September. I believe these were the...

Finally getting around to editing bean photos and now for the bean show! These are the varieties returned to Russ. I believe I'm...

Hi all! Been a loooooong minute. I was going to report in on the 2025 thread, but we'll start fresh with the new year. My 2025 bean...

I will actually be part of the process too, and will provide all the instructions. He's basically there to navigate the App inputs and...

Just tell your friend since we are not sending the beans to the USDA in Linden, New Jersey and not using the USDA green/yellow label...

Do you live in Kentucky? Then I think I know your name but won't give it away here. I've been here so long there is no way I can escape...

Exciting to have the 2026 thread started so promptly and with much appreciated warm words. Great! Bobis d’Albenga (Albenga I believe...

Plants are so beautiful! I love the delicate purple bloom!

Hello Everyone ! Here we are now in 2026 beginning our 14th year in this Network. At some point in time it felt like a family to me and...

I finally managed to shell out all beans and freeze the last ones — this year, after many years, I had bean weevils again. Despite the...